New Principles of Gardening. 
Above the Ground, fprung from the cloven Bud, 
If th’ Earth be planted im the Spring, ’tis good 
Thofe Weeds by frequent Culture to remove, 
Whofe Roots would to the Bloffoms hurtful prove ; 
Nor think it Labour loft to ufe the Phw, 
By Dung and Tillage all Things fertile grow. 
Whether you plant young Sets, or Acorns fow, 
Still Order keep 3 for foithey beft will grow : 
Order to ev’ry Tree like Vigour gives, | 
And Room for the afpiring Branches leaves. 
When with the Leaf your Hopes begin to bud, 
~ Banilb all wanton Cattle from the Wood. 
The browzing Goat the tender Blofom kills ; 
Let the fwift Horfe then neigh upon the Hills, 
And the free Herds fill tn large Pafture tread,. 
But not upon the new fprung Branches feed; ~ 
For whofe Defence Inclofures fhould be made 
Of Twigs, or Water into Rills convey’. 
When ripening Time has made your Trees dilate, 
And the firong Roots do deeply penetrate, | 
All the fnperfluous Branches muft be fell d, 
Left the oppreffed Trunk {bould chance to yield 
‘Onder the Weight, and fo its Spirits loofe 
In fuch Excrefcences ; but as for thofe 
Which from the Stock you cut, they better thrive, 
As if their Ruincaus’d them to revive; 
Ana the flow Plant, which ftarce advanc’d its Head, 
Into the Air its heavy Boughs will fpread. a 
. When from the faften'd Root it f{prings amain, - 
. Andcan the Fury of the North fuftain ; 
On the fmooth Bark the Shepherds {hould idite 
Their rural Strifes, and there ther Verfes write. 
~~ But let no impious Ax By sp the Woods, 
Or violate their facred Shades ; the Gods 
Themfelves inhabit there. Some have bebela™ 
Where Drops of Blood from wounded Oaks diftilP a; 
Have feen the trembling Boughs with Horror foake : 
So great a Confcience did the Antients make 
To cut down Qaks, that it was held a Crime 
In that obfcure and fuperfirtious Time. 
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